Join the League of Women Voter’s Book Club. This group meets online.
LWV Book Club will be reading A Simple Justice by Melanie Beals Goan, an assistant professor of History at University of Kentucky who specializes in Women’s History. Join us in this discussion, even if you haven’t finished the book, on Wednesday, March 16th, at 7 PM on Zoom. Register on the LWV of Lexington website by clicking the link below, click on Events, and Register to get your Zoom invitation.
In A Simple Justice, Melanie Beals Goan offers a new and deeper understanding of the women's suffrage movement in Kentucky by following the people who labored long and hard to see the battle won. Women's suffrage was not simply a question of whether women could and should vote; it carried more serious implications for white supremacy and for the balance of federal and state powers―especially in a border state. Shocking racial hostility surfaced even as activists attempted to make America more equitable.
The next book club meeting is Nov 17, 7-8PM.
This month's book: Thank you for Voting: the Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth about Voting in America by Erin Geiger Smith.